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Whitsun :: Whitsun (a.) Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals..

Bucolic :: Bucolic (a.) Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Yakoots :: Yakoots (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral in their habits..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (a.) Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter..

Crosier :: Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God..

Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

Shepherdly :: Shepherdly (a.) Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

Arcadic :: Arcadic (a.) Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery..

Madrigal :: Madrigal (n.) A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought..

Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..

Pastorale :: Pastorale (n.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time..

Settle :: Settle (n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister..

Shepherdism :: Shepherdism (n.) Pastoral life or occupation.

Pastoral :: Pastoral (a.) Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life..

Idyl :: Idyl (n.) A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like..

Reed :: Reed (n.) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.

Bergeret :: Bergeret (n.) A pastoral song.

Eclogue :: Eclogue (n.) A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established..

Amaryllis :: Amaryllis (n.) A pastoral sweetheart.

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